> putting down $500 earnest money on a $300K house would look suspicious enough to get you ignored by the buyer Assuming you mean the seller here? If I were t

> putting down $500 earnest money on a $300K house would look suspicious enough to get you ignored by the buyer Assuming you mean the seller here? If I were the seller I too would ignore that kind of offer but first I'd let it push all the other escalation clauses up ;)